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Q272535: XFOR: Notes Dirsync Does Not Work After Resetting Pcta.tbl Files

Article: Q272535
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 23-OCT-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- LinkAge Message Exchange, version 3.2 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you reset the directory synchronization numbers by using the Microsoft
LinkAge Message Exchange 3.2 directory synchronization agent, the following
error messages may be logged in the browser logs:

  

  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 3 60943:Determine sequence number for partner name DXM, name LINKAGE
>> pcta(1650) 
  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 2 01550:C Library error {CLIB:2()}: cannot convert time to seconds format
>> tmutil(310) 
  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 3 60954:Determine last extract date
>> pcta(2364) 

  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 4 64136:Looking for changes in NAMES.NSF
>> lndxapo(955) 
  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 3 41121:Looking for changes since 00/00/00 12:00:00AM
>> lsnabapi(1930) 
  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 1 41106:Error converting 1 to a notes Time/Date
>> lsnabapi(1939) 
  2000/08/02 15:53:59-                DXANOTES(0342) 1 64138:Error {Not available} detected when looking for changes in NAMES.NSF
>> lndxapo(974)

CAUSE
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This issue can occur if the date and time format is incorrect in the Pcta.tbl
files.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, be careful to format the time correctly. This issue is
usually caused by too many, not enough, or no zeros after the last decimal point
for the following entries:

  lastextract=2000/04/25 23:30:52.03
  updatesent=2000/04/25 23:30:52.41
  updatereceived=1980/01/01 00:00:00.00
  confirmreceived=1980/01/01 00:00:00.00
  loadtimedate=1980/01/01 00:00:00.00

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbZNotKeyword6 kbExchangeSearch kbLinkAgeSearch kbLinkAge320
Version           : :3.2
Issue type        : kbprb

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